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Courses by Region of Study
Courses listed below may be used to fulfill department degree requirements. Bold indicates courses being offered during the current academic year. For full course listings, please visit Stanford ExploreCourses or Stanford Navigate Classes.
Please note that the lists contain examples and are not exhaustive. If uncertain whether a particular course fits into one of these categories, contact Cyril Millendez, Assistant Director of Student Services, to check.
Gateway Courses
East Asian Studies Courses
- ARCHLGY 135/235 - Constructing National History in East Asian Archaeology (Winter)
- ARTHIST 2 - Asian Arts and Cultures
- EASTASN 177/277 - Divided Memories & Reconciliation: The Formation of Wartime Historical Memory in the Pacific (Autumn)
- EASTASN 117/217 - Health and Healthcare Systems in East Asia (Winter)
- EASTASN 143/243 - Taiwan's Democratic Evolution (Spring)
- EASTASN 179/279 - Rebalancing Economic Systems in a World Driven by Tech
- EALC 170 - Where the Wild Things Are: The Ecology and Ethics of Conserving Megafauna (Winter)
- ETHICSOC 146 - Political Thought in Modern Asia
- FILMEDIA 135/335 - Around the World in Ten Films (Spring)
- FILMSTUD 103S - Anima to Anime
- INTLPOL 244 - U.S. Policy toward Northeast Asia (Winter)
- HISTORY 106A - Human Geography: Asia and Africa
- HISTORY 205E - Comparative Historical Development of Latin America and East Asia
- HUMCORE 133 - How to be Modern in East Asia (Spring)
- HUMRTS 114 - Human Rights Practice and Challenges in Southeast Asia (Winter)
- RELIGST 50 - Exploring Buddhism (Winter)
- SOC 167A/267A - Asia-Pacific Transformation
Chinese Studies Courses
- ANTHRO 148/248 - Health, Politics, and Culture of Modern China
- ARCHLGY 111/211 - Emergence of Chinese Civilization from Caves to Palaces (Autumn)
- ARTHIST 182B/382B - Cultures in Competition: Arts of Song-Era China
- ARTHIST 185/385 - Arts of China in the Early Modern World, 1550-1800
- ARTHIST 226/426 - New Landscapes of China: Ecologies, Media, Imaginaries (Spring)
- CHINA 111/211 - Literature in 20th-Century China (Autumn)
- CHINA 115/215 - Sex, Gender, and Power in Modern China
- CHINA 163A - Looking for the Way (Dao) in East Asia (Winter)
- CHINA 168/268 - The Chinese Family
- CHINA 174/374 - New Directions in the Study of Poetry and Literary Culture
- CHINA 178/278 - Lives of Confucius
- CHINLANG 125/225 - Chinese through Modern Fiction (Autumn)
- CLASSICS 143 - The Use of Classical Antiquity in Modern China (Autumn)
- ECON 131 - The Chinese Economy (Winter)
- FINANCE 377 - China's Financial System (Autumn)
- HISTORY 90/190 - Early Chinese Thought
- HISTORY 91B/191B - The City in Imperial China
- HISTORY 98/198 - The History of Modern China (Winter)
- HISTORY 98S - Crime and Punishment in Late Imperial China: Law, State Formation, and Society
- HISTORY 291G/391G - Pre-Modern Chinese Warfare
- HISTORY 293E/393E - Female Divinities in China (Autumn)
- HISTORY 298C/398C - Race, Gender, and Sexuality in Chinese History
- INTLPOL 285 - American and Chinese Approaches to Managing Global Challenges
- POLISCI 148/348 - Chinese Politics (Winter)
- POLISCI 235/335 - Chinese Political Thought
- POLISCI 235A/334A - From Cold War to New Cold War: Politics and Political Theory in Contemporary China (Autumn)
- POLISCI 248D/248D - China in the Global Economy
- RELIGST 55 - Exploring Zen Buddhism
- RELIGST 56 - Exploring Chinese Religions (Autumn)
- RELIGST 212 - Zhuangzi (Spring)
- RELIGST 315A - Chinese Buddhism
- SOC 116/216 - The Logic of Governance in Contemporary China (Spring)
- SOC 117A/217A - China Under Mao
- SOC 175/275 - Understanding China's Rise
- SOC 217B/317B - Chinese Politics and Society
Japanese Studies Courses
- ANTHRO 157/257 - Japanese Anthropology (Winter)
- ARTHIST 287A - The Japanese Tea Ceremony: The History, Aesthetics, and Politics Behind a National Pastime (Autumn)
- HISTORY 94B/194B - Japan in the Age of the Samurai
- HISTORY 94S - Savoring Japan: Food and Society in Global Perspective
- HISTORY 95C/195C - Modern Japanese History: From Samurai to Pokémon (Autumn)
- HISTORY 292D/392D - Japan in Asia, Asia in Japan (Winter)
- HISTORY 396D - Historiography of Modern Japan
- HUMCORE 123 - Beauty and Renunciation in Japan
- JAPAN 82N - Joys and Pains of Growing Up and Older in Japan
- JAPAN 125 - Tokyo, Kyoto, Osaka, and Beyond: Place in Modern Japan (Spring)
- JAPAN 126/226 - Japanese Functional Objects (Autumn)
- JAPAN 138/238 - Introduction to Modern Japanese Literature and Culture (Winter)
- JAPAN 141/241 - Japanese Performance Traditions
- JAPAN 151/251 - Japanese Business Culture and Systems (Winter)
- JAPAN 164/264 - Introduction to Premodern Japanese
- JAPAN 192/292 - Analyzing Japanese Text and Talk
- JAPAN 197/297 - Points in Japanese Grammar (Winter)
- MUSIC 31N - Behind the Big Drums: Exploring Taiko (Spring)
- RELIGST 8N - Gardens and Sacred Space in Japan (Autumn)
- RELIGST 55 - Exploring Zen Buddhism
- RELIGST 217/317 - The Lotus Sutra in Japanese Buddhism
Korean Studies Courses
- HISTORY 95/195 - Modern Korean History (Spring)
- HISTORY 290/390 - North Korea in a Historical and Cultural Perspective (Winter)
- HISTORY 292F/392F - Culture and Religions in Korean History
- HISTORY 392G - Modern Korea
- KOREA 24 - How to be Modern in East Asia (Spring)
- KOREA 101N - Kangnam Style: K-pop and the Globalization of Korean Soft Power (Autumn)
- KOREA 120/220 - Narratives of Modern and Contemporary Korea (Autumn)
- KOREA 121/221 - Doing the Right Thing: Ethical Dilemmas in Korean Film
- KOREA 111/222 - Gender and Race in South Korean Culture
- KOREA 152/252 - Modernization and Design - A South Korean Case Study
- KOREA 153/253 - Olympic Spectacles: Tokyo, Seoul, Beijing, and Tokyo
- KOREA 154/254 - From State Propaganda to COVID-19 Contact-Tracing: Korean Media and Culture
- KOREA 250/350 - More Real than Fiction: Perspectives of History and Theory in Modern Korean Literature
- KOREA 355 - History and Historiography of "Premodern" Korea
- SOC 111/211 - State and Society in Korea (Winter)